“If you think humans are meat-eaters then try eating the animal raw like every other meat-eater on the planet. If something is not palatable in its raw state then you probably shouldn't be eating it.” IfsThinkingTryingHumansStatesAnimalEnvironmentPlanetsEatingMeat Author:David Wolfe
“Natural writers will often try to force themselves into a form - novel, story, screenplay, or poem - that is not necessarily the appropriate form for the way they see the world... if, in fact, they are writing from the artist's impulse, which is a deep, inchoate vision of some sort of order behind the apparent chaos of life on planet earth, they'll be driven then to express that vision in the creation of the object - the art object.” IfsWorldWayWritingTryingArtFactsStoriesEarthFormArtistOrderForceNaturalBehindsVisionNovelCreationObjectsPlanetsChaosDrivenImpulseAppropriateScreenplaysPlanet Earth Author:Robert Olen Butler
“Seeing the world anew, as if it were new, is as old as writing. It's what all painters are trying to do, to see what's there, to see it in a way that renews it. It becomes more and more urgent as the planet gets worn flat and forest after forest is slain to print the paper for people's impressions to be scrawled down on. It becomes harder and harder to be original, to see things with an innocent eye. Innocence is much tied up with it. As the planet gets progressively less innocent, you need a more innocent eye to see it.” PeopleIfsWorldWayNeedsWritingTryingEyeSeeingPlanetsPaperHarderOriginalsImpressionForestsInnocentPainterInnocenceFlatsPrintTiedWornUrgentSeeing The WorldTied UpInnocent Eyes Author:Martin Amis
“Painting someone's portrait is, of course, an impossible task. What an absurd idea to try and distil a human being, the most complex organism on the planet, into flicks, washes, and blobs of paint on a two-dimensional surface.” TryingHumansTwoIdeasCoursesHuman BeingsImpossiblePaintingPlanetsTasksComplexesPaintSurfaceAbsurdOrganismsPortraitsPortraiture Author:David Cobley
“We're a young species; We're only 175,000 years old. On the evolutionary scale, life on this planet is 4 billion years old. We're 175,000 years old. So we're trying something out. Who wouldn't think it would be better to have the most stuff to take as much as you could? As we do that, we see why the moral prophets come along and say, don't even store into barns, right? It's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. We've seen we plunder nature. We plunder our neighbor. We create enemies because we're against each other.” ThinkingMenTryingYearsWould BeEyeYoungHeavenStuffMoralEnemyRichPlanetsEasierSpeciesStoresNeighborBillionsScalesKingdomsProphetCooperationNeedlesRich ManKingdom Of HeavenThrough The EyesCamelsPlunderBarnsTrying Something Author:Tom Shadyac
“We have intelligent species on our planet that we are not even trying to communicate with.” TryingPlanetsIntelligentSpeciesCommunicateOur Planet Author:Paul Watson
“I'm dominant every night. I come in every night and get beat up. I never make a face when they try to flagrant or hack-a-Shaq me, because I'm not from this planet. Earthlings don't faze me.” TryingFacesNightPlanetsBasketballBeatsEvery NightDominantPlanet EarthHacksShaq Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“This is a living planet. Look around. Mars, Venus, Jupiter. Look beyond our solar system. Where else is there a place that works, that is just right for the likes of us? It has not happened just instantly. It is vulnerable to our actions. But it's the result of four and a half billion years of evolution, of change over time. And it changes every day, all the time. It would be in our interest to try to maintain a certain level of stability that has enabled us to prosper, to not wreck the very systems that give us life.” GivingTryingYearsLooksWould BeActionCertainInterestLevelsResultsHalfFourHappenedPlanetsEvolutionBillionsLikesVulnerableStabilityMarsOur ActionsWrecksVenusSolar SystemJupiterChanges Over Time Author:Sylvia Earle
“Trying to be funny is one of the hardest things on the planet. I think that's tough for everyone. If you're just naturally funny it's a hell of a lot easier.” IfsThinkingTryingHellPlanetsEasierToughHardestHardest Thing Author:Doc Brown
“It's all about trying to make the world and the universe a better place. I'm proud to be connected with it. I think we need that in our lives. We need ethical, heroic people trying to do the right thing to help others and to improve life on this planet and in the universe.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsTryingHelpingUniverseOur LivesPlanetsProudConnectedHelping OthersRight ThingEthicalHeroicBetter Place Author:Leonard Nimoy
“Jamie Oliver's lunch is soup, half a papaya with lime, ciabatta with mozzarella and prosciutto. The dear boy is not sharing the same planet as the rest of us. Is this lunacy supposed to be a practical suggestion for a harassed housewife trying to drag her children off to school?” TryingChildrenSchoolHalfBoysPlanetsDearPracticalsSupposed To BeLunchDragSuggestionsSoupHousewifeJamieLimesLunacyMozzarellaPapaya Author:Terry Wogan
“The general public doesn't know and probably doesn't care about punctuated equilibria nor indeed should they, or the greenhouse effect on some other planet - they barely have the ability to cope with the greenhouse effect on their own planet. So I think you have to distinguish between the broad visibility of a scientist when he or she is speaking to a general public and trying to address general issues and the continued position that a scientist may have into the history of a particular subject.” ThinkingKnowsShouldTryingMayCareAbilityIssuesSubjectsEffectsPositionParticularPlanetsScientistAddressesBroadsEquilibriumGreenhousesGeneral PublicVisibility Author:Richard Lewontin
“The things I do, I do from the heart and out of love and respect for our planet and all living things. And I draw my courage from my love for justice and truth, and I calm my fears by comforting those who are more scared than me. And I try to do my best to make the world a better place, one small action at a time, as good as I can.” WorldTryingHeartI CanActionJusticePlanetsDrawsCalmScaredBetter PlaceComfortingOur PlanetLiving ThingsLove And RespectSmall Actions Author:Q'orianka Kilcher
“If an alien visited Earth, they would take some note of humans, but probably spend most of their time trying to understand the dominant form of life on our planet - microorganisms like bacteria and viruses.” IfsTryingHumansEarthFormPlanetsNotesAliensDominantOur PlanetVirusesBacteriaMicroorganisms Author:Nathan Wolfe
“I've done a lot of roles where I'm the hero saving the planet. I love doing them, but sometimes you wanna completely try something different and create something unique and get lost in it a bit because it's completely far away from me.” TryingDifferentSometimesDoneLostBitsRolesPlanetsHeroUniqueSavingFar Away Author:Sam Worthington
“We must occasionally remind ourselves of our brief visit on this planet. Shouldn't we try to express ourselves clearly, make a personal stamp on our environment, and pay attention to the details that make the difference?” TryingDifferencesPayAttentionEnvironmentDesignPlanetsDetailsPay AttentionStampsOur EnvironmentInterior Design Author:Charlotte Moss
“I really feel concerned about young people within our present culture. Our present culture, we have to change. Change is inevitable and I wasn't raised in our present culture but it has great pressure that as a young person I never had. Material pressure, social pressure, visual pressure, how you look, and I just try to appeal to young people to think for themselves, to be their own person, and to ask questions and also be very attentive to our planet and our environment.” PeopleThinkingFeelsTryingLooksPersonsYoungCultureAsksSocialEnvironmentPlanetsMaterialsConcernedPressureRaisedAppealsInevitableVisualsOur PlanetOur EnvironmentSocial PressureChange Is Inevitable Author:Patti Smith
“He has been positively growing tusks trying to create a breed of human insect which will continue to live on this accursed planet. Everyone needs a goal.” NeedsTryingHumansHas BeensHopeGoalGrowingPlanetsAmbitionInsectsPositively Author:Steve Aylett
“Instead of trying to understand agriculture in its own terms, acknowledge that agriculture ultimately comes out of nature. Right now agriculture is the No. 1 threat to biodiversity on the planet.” TryingTermPlanetsRight NowThreatAcknowledgeAgricultureBiodiversity Author:Wes Jackson
“Always look up! Every time I step out-side, that's the first thing I do. Ask your-self, "what star is that?", grab a star chart and try to figure it out. That is basically how I started. Learn your planets and learn how to distinguish them from the stars. Study star charts even during the day and that night, go and see if you can find them. You may surprise yourself!” IfsTryingFirstsLooksMaySelfNightAsksStarsSidesStepsStudyFiguresPlanetsSurpriseLook Up Author:Will Young
“I did some writing for that movie. The remake of Planet of the Apes. I didn't write the script. But I wrote some lines that they ended up... not using. ... I wrote one line. I thought it would've been perfect. I don't know if anyone saw the movie. It's the scene where the ape general comes in. And they're trying to decide if they should attack right there, or wait until a little later. And I wrote: "Man these bananas are good!" But they didn't use it. I did all of that research.” IfsKnowsMenShouldWritingTryingLittlesUseFunnyWaitingLinesPerfectSawsComedyPlanetsSceneResearchScriptsApesBananasRemakesOne Line Author:Brian Regan
“I'm asked that a lot: 'James, is there really a continuing spiritual renaissance occurring on this planet? Look at all the conflict, look at the wars.' And I believe, yes, we're still moving toward a deeper spirituality. It's personal. It's grassroots. It's everybody trying to get their own connection made, and from there it grows out.” TryingBelieveLooksMadeStillsWarSpiritualMovingSpiritualityI BelieveGrowsPlanetsConflictConnectionsDeeperContinuingRenaissanceGrassroots Author:James Redfield
“I try to build the things so that they're fairly indestructible. I've learned from my mistakes and some of those units, even if human life disappears from the planet, will still be recognizable a thousand years from now abandoned somewhere in the woods.” IfsTryingYearsHumansStillsMistakePlanetsThousandWoodsDisappearHuman LifeI've LearnedAbandonedThousand YearsUnitsMy MistakesIndestructible Author:John Lindsay
“It's a very important issue to me, trying to wake people up to the fact that we'd better take better care of our planet.” PeopleTryingImportantFactsCareIssuesPlanetsOur PlanetImportant Issues Author:Dan Fogelberg
“The basic idea of Western science is that you don't have to take into account the falling of a leaf on some planet in another galaxy when you're trying to account for the motion of a billiard ball on a pool table on earth. Very small influences can be neglected. There's a convergence in the way things work, and arbitrarily small influences don't blow up to have arbitrarily large effects.” WayTryingIdeasEarthFallInfluenceEffectsPlanetsAccountsBallsTablesWesternBlowPoolLeafsGalaxyNeglectedConvergencePool Table Book:Chaos: Making a New Science Source: Chaos: Making a New Science
“It's so off the charts and off anybody's radar screen, that place. It might as well be another planet. Just try to find somebody who's been to Madagascar. Nobody has been to Madagascar.” TryingWellsHas BeensMightPlanetsScreensAnd OffRadarMadagascar Author:David Douglas
“To be honest I think my read is people are now taking this seriously. They realise that the game is up and the planet and all of us - I mean all of us - have to really start doing something much more drastic in order to try and contain the impacts.” PeopleThinkingTryingMeanOrderGamesHonestPlanetsImpactBeing HonestRealisingDrastic Author:Chris Barrie
“I could care less about sitting around and practicing the guitar for hours a day and trying to be the best guitar player on the planet.” TryingCareHoursPlayerPlanetsSittingGuitarBeing The BestGuitar PlayerSitting AroundCould Care Less Author:Scott Ian
“I know that my in-box will be so full the day that I leave the planet. So you try to stay interested in life and bring some kind of comfort and pleasure to others on this planet as you're going through this journey.” KnowsTryingKindPleasureJourneyPlanetsComfortBoxes Author:Kim Basinger
“No one can predict whether the earth will be cooler or hotter next year, let alone do anything to change it. If you're afraid of global warming, turn off the lights when you leave the room - but don't participate in the corruption of science, don't scare our kids with unproven cataclysmic theories, and don't try to ban economic energy sources that people living on this planet depend upon today. And don't try to stop progress; it's the only hope the earth has of seeing clean industry, short of exterminating mankind.” PeopleIfsTryingYearsLightKidsTodayEarthTurnsNextEnergyRoomsProgressSeeingEconomicMankindPlanetsTheorySourceDependsIndustryCleanCorruptionGlobal WarmingScareNext YearBansLiving OnTurn OffEnergy SourcesHotter Author:Doug Casey
“I don't want to torture anything. It's about trying to live a life where I'm not contributing to the cruelty in the world... While I am on this planet, I want everyone I meet to know that I am grateful they are here.” KnowsWorldWantTryingPlanetsGratefulCrueltyTortureContributingI Am Grateful Author:Jessica Chastain
“The struggle to create a nation and world of economic and social justice and environmental sanity is not an easy one. The struggle to try and create a more peaceful world will be extremely difficult. But this I know: despair is not an option if we care about our kids and grandchildren. Giving up is not an option if we want to prevent irreparable harm to our planet.” IfsKnowsWorldWantGivingTryingCareKidsNationsSocialEasyDifficultJusticeStruggleEconomicPlanetsDespairGiving UpSocial JusticeEnvironmentalHarmPeacefulSanityGrandchildrenOur PlanetGiving Up Is Not An OptionPeaceful WorldEconomic JusticeIrreparableIrreparable Harm Author:Bernie Sanders
“I chose to be a photographer twenty-two years ago, but I don't know that I'd make that choice again. Back in the early eighties, I still thought I was doing okay, trying to order and shape the world with my camera. Now that I know a bit more about living and dying, about our planet and its complex problems, I'm a lot less comfortable with my images of people. Still, I haven't a clue what else to do.” PeopleKnowsWorldTryingYearsStillsTwoProblemOrderChoicesBitsDyingHavensPlanetsShapesComfortableYears AgoOkayTwentiesCamerasComplexesPhotographerTwo YearsClueEightyOur PlanetTwenty TwoTwo Years AgoComplex Problems Author:Eugene Richards
“[W]e must stop trying to protect our planet from every imaginable, exaggerated or imaginary risk. And we must stop trying to protect it on the backs, and the graves, of he nation's and world's most powerless and impoverished people.” PeopleWorldTryingNationsRiskPlanetsProtectGravesImaginaryPowerlessOur PlanetExaggeratedStop Trying Author:Niger Innis
“My interest in gospel music and liturgical art and Biblically-inspired literature has nothing to do with organised religion and everything to do with human beings trying to figure out their place on this planet.” TryingHumansArtLiteratureInterestHuman BeingsFiguresPlanetsInspiredOrganisedGospel MusicOrganised Religion Author:Moby
“When I saw music as a means to an end - more fame, more money, dating celebrities - that's when things have gone terribly wrong. Now my life is focused on just trying to keep making music. Because when it's really good, it's just the most remarkable feeling on the planet.” TryingMeanEndsFeelingsLife IsGoneSawsPlanetsFameMusic IsDatingFocusedRemarkableMore MoneyMeans To An End Author:Moby
“There are lots of companies that are really trying to collect as much information as they can about every single person on the planet because they think its going to be valuable and it probably already is valuable.” ThinkingTryingPersonsCompanyInformationPlanetsValuableSingle Person Author:Stuart J. Russell
“I can't say that you should extract this or that value from my books explicitly. They are up for interpretation. In terms of the obligation, I think we're all individuals on this planet, trying to scratch our way through the day, and if you're writing a book exposing atrocities in Rwanda or writing a murder mystery set in a mountain village, I think both ways of spending you time are valid and both books are probably fine to read.” IfsThinkingWayShouldWritingTryingI CanBookValuesIndividualTermMysteryPlanetsFineMountainMurderSpendingObligationInterpretationVillageScratchesWriting A BookAtrocitiesExposingRwandaMurder Mysteries Author:Colson Whitehead
“What I try to communicate is that there's a lot of crossover between that feeling of romantic heartbreak and this devastating feeling of knowing that we've punched a hole in the planet and it's spilling out oil and destroying the Gulf of Mexico and the ecosystem and seabirds and every creature.” TryingFeelingsKnowingPlanetsCreaturesCommunicateOilHolesDestroyingMexicoEcosystemsSpillingCrossoverGulf Of Mexico Author:Mirah
“Don't take life so seriously. Have fun. Enjoy your time on this planet. Try new things, go on adventures, and appreciate every little thing because it may not be as little as you might think.” ThinkingTryingMayLittlesMightFunEnjoyPlanetsAdventureGoes OnAppreciateHaving FunLittle ThingsNew Things Author:Haley Pullos
“They'll try to apply the rules of the day to the game, where you can't touch your board with your hands, or you can't step off your board, etc and I want nothing to do with it. It's like a game from a different planet or something and it's hard for me to relate to anybody who would think of skateboarding in such a narrow way.” ThinkingWayWantTryingDifferentHardHandsGamesStepsPlanetsRelateBoardsEtcSkateboarding Author:Mike Vallely
“When it comes to trying to manage how our entire planet-wide market and all the people and businesses in it deal with nature and our natural resources - we first and foremost need to change the incentives.” PeopleNeedsTryingFirstsNaturalDealsPlanetsResourcesWideManageIncentivesNatural ResourcesNeed A Change Author:Ramez Naam
“So we say, oh, my goodness; we think we've found another Earth-like planet. We will start trying to figure out how to get there. And I have this strong belief that whatever we think we can do, whatever we can dream, we can do.” IfsThinkingTryingDreamFoundBeliefStrongCan DoFiguresPlanetsGoodness Author:Morgan Freeman
“I don't like that the government is going to manipulate the information to try to convince me that what I'm eating is not what I'm really eating. If people choose to eat cardboard because it's ten cents cheaper, then let them. That's at the root of freedom. But in the reverse, I'd like to know if what I'm eating or consuming or buying is somehow hurting or exploiting someone in another part of the planet.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingGovernmentHurtInformationPlanetsTenEatingRootsBuyingConvinceCentsReverseManipulateConsumingCheaper Author:Billy Corgan
“I think I will always have a connection to young people, to try to bring their voices to the polls, bring their voices wherever they can make a difference. Even to protect their own interests or the interests of the planet or the animals or other individuals, which is critical. I try to keep it.” PeopleThinkingTryingYoungIndividualVoiceInterestDifferencesAnimalPlanetsProtectConnectionsCriticalMaking A DifferencePolls Author:Russell Simmons
“One of my greatest struggles is, and has been for a long time, seeing unkindness on this planet. Unkindness and inconsideration. I try to help that by being more conscientious and helpful towards our fellow brothers and sisters.” TryingLongHas BeensHelpingStruggleSeeingPlanetsBrotherLong TimeFellowsHelpfulBrothers And SistersUnkindness Author:Kelly LeBrock
“I can't imagine everyone on the planet would want to hear something from me. If I thought they'd listen, I'd probably ask them to try to be nicer to each other, to try to be less scared of their differences.” IfsWantTryingI CanAsksDifferencesImaginePlanetsScared Author:Damian Kulash
“I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.” ThinkingTryingUseAnimalEnvironmentPlanetsBenefitsResourcesIntentionHelpfulHurtful Author:Russell Simmons
“I think the whole experience of being a human being on the planet is such a mystery, to be honest. Trying to figure out one's purpose and [asking] "What is it all about?"” ThinkingTryingHumansWholePurposeHuman BeingsMysteryHonestFiguresPlanetsAskingBeing Honest Author:Annie Lennox
“I think everybody on this planet does that - trying to capture your dream after you wake up.” ThinkingTryingDoeDreamPlanetsWake UpYour DreamsCapture Author:Saul Williams